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Your Child's Online Personality Can Harm Others

Digital literacy is necessary to become good digital citizens

19 Dec 2019 9:59 AM GMT

Why Do So Many People Fall For Fake Profiles Online?

Phony profiles for nonexistent people worm their way into the social networks of real people to spread their falsehoods

22 Sep 2018 5:25 AM GMT

Twitter’s New 280-Character Limit Trial Is A Risky Strategy

Social media site Twitter is trialling longer, 280-character limits to help users “easily express themselves”. At first...

4 Oct 2017 10:41 AM GMT

Facebook Is Fighting Social Media Identity Theft In India, But It’s A Global Problem

Every Facebook account comes with a profile picture, but how can we prevent these often personal photos from being...

4 Aug 2017 10:24 AM GMT

The media dangerously misuses the word ‘trolling’

The word “trolling” has become a media stand-in for online behaviours that are nothing to laugh...

5 July 2017 6:30 AM GMT

How To Help Kids Navigate Fake News And Misinformation Online

Young people get a huge amount of their news from social media feeds, where false, exaggerated or sponsored...

28 Jun 2017 11:25 AM GMT

Explainer: what Islam actually says about domestic violence

Domestic violence is not specific to a particular religious group; Australian statistics indicate that one in six women...

14 Jun 2017 9:13 AM GMT

How Do We Know The Millennial Generation Exists? Look At The Data

saying generations don’t exist because the birth year cutoffs are arbitrary is like saying that teenagers don’t exist...

3 Jun 2017 9:30 AM GMT

Jayalalithaa’s Legacy: Industrial, Social, Crime Rankings Among India’s Best

Read how Jayalalitha, through her politics of freebie culture in Tamil Nadu, has left behind a state with high social...

6 Dec 2016 5:39 AM GMT

Did Delhi Media Really Need To Focus On Afzal Guru To Celebrate Ghalib Guru’s Success?

Many in the media played to the nationalist gallery at the expense of a 16-year old. The feel-good story of the day...

12 Jan 2016 5:23 PM GMT

What Can Social Media Platforms Do For Human Rights?

Policy decisions by companies like Facebook and Twitter affect freedom of expression globally. Civil society has construc...

27 Oct 2015 7:05 AM GMT

5 Things That Are New About The iPhone 6

Apple was the talk of the town for the past few days and Tim Cook’s keynote managed to steal headlines and...

17 Sep 2014 7:03 AM GMT

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